Old Fort Laramie
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Old Fort Laramie
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
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Photograph - Digital Capture/faa Watermark Will Not Be On Your Finished Photograph.
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Only the names have changed. Old Fort Laramie was first Fort William, then Fort John, long before it would take its final given name, Fort Laramie, in 1849. The original outpost was established, and built, by legendary trappers and fur traders, Bill Sublette and Robert Campbell, in 1834. It was the first permanent settlement in the state of Wyoming.
Then, Fort William became Fort John in 1841. The site was purchased by the American Fur Company, and named after John Sarpy, a major partner in the company. There were adobe walls and structures added, and it would function as a growing gathering spot for trappers and traders. In the years before the Great Migration, those trappers and traders, and the Plains Indians co-existed peacefully.
But as the traffic increased along the Oregon Trail, the need for a safe haven, and a command post for military-protection operations, was becoming more apparent. In 1849, the United States Military bought the fort, and gave it the name for which it is still known today. The name was taken from the well-known French-Canadian trapper, Jacques LaRamie, and Fort Laramie was born.
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August 4th, 2017
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